UNMISSABLE SHORT FILMS | El Empleo

Cinematic excellence doesn’t have to come in 90-minute slabs – so here, I take a look at the very best short movies around. If you’ve got a little spare time, bang one of these beauties on – satisfaction guaranteed.

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#12: El Empleo [2011]

Had that feeling when you get up in the morning, knowing fully well you’re doing so just to go to a job you hate? El Empleo is for you; 2011’s intentionally drab animation builds its curious world rapidly and with wit, resulting in an ending that at once feels sorely unfair, yet wholly – tragically – inevitable. El Empleo switches the waking up, getting up, and getting to so many people experience every weekday morning into something profound.